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I Am Invincible filly produces ultra impressive win to set her on path Gold Coast glory
The Chris Waller-trained She’s All Class (2 f ex Shirra Nui by Viscount) produced an imperious performance to land the Wyong Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1100m) on Wednesday and in the process became the 60th stakes winner for Yarraman Park Stud-based I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit).
Ridden by James McDonald, the two-year-old filly showed a devastating turn of foot to beat Gleneagles - who is by Newgate Farm-based first-season sire Capitalist (Written Tycoon) - by an emphatic four and three-quarter lengths, while Swift Witness (Star Witness) was another head back in third.
The performance saw the filly join her Breeders’ Plate (Gr 3, 1000m)-winning stablemate Shaquero (Shalaa) at the top of the betting for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) on the Gold Coast next month.
The victory was Waller's first in the Magic Millions Wyong 2YO Classic and stable representative Dan Cobby said he was pleased with the manner of the win.
"Very impressed by that performance," Cobby said. "She was in a perfect position, they went very hard in front there.
"She will join Shaquero and potentially a couple of others as well so we're looking forward to the Magic Millions."
McDonald echoed the sentiments of Cobby, telling Sky Thoroughbred Central: "We always knew she had ability. She works like a pretty good horse at home.
"Chris and the team have always had that opinion of her and we just needed her to come here today and see what she could do. Albeit, she wasn't that comfortable around the track but she got the job done.
"She's got a good turn of foot and obviously six furlongs is going to be right up her alley."
Purchased by co-owner Brae Sokolski for $200,000 at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale from the Yarraman Park Stud draft earlier this year, the filly becomes the sixth winner and first stakes winner out of the unraced Viscount (Quest For Fame) mare Shirra Nui.
Shirra Nui herself is a daughter to Group 3 scorer Geordoba (Cordoba), making her a half-sister to Listed scorer Khemosabi (Commands), while further afield this is also the same family as South African Grade 1 winner Villandry (Var).
Shirra Nui has most recently been covered by Newgate Farm-based stallion Super One (I Am Invincible), meaning the resulting foal will be a three-quarters sibling to She’s All Class.
I Am Invincible has 55 lots catalogued at next month’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, while his son Hellbent has 39 first-crop yearlings set to be offered at Queensland’s premier yearling sale, which gets underway on January 12.
